A games area has basketball hoops and tennis nets and the park is home to a skate park.

A table tennis table has been installed by the rose garden and bats and balls are available from the café.

A totem pole made by members of a young offenders project is going to be installed in the next few months, which it is hoped will become a useful assembly point for groups.

There is plenty for nature lovers in Wandle Park too as you can stroll along the river bank and watch the water trickle under a Victorian bridge as ducks swim by.

Wandle Park

A pond is full of life and a woodpecker has recently been seen in the park.

Wandle Park also provides the backdrop for a whole host of events, from Shakespeare plays to concerts at the Victorian bandstand.

Where: Cornwall Road, Waddon

Toilets: Yes

Café: Yes

Parking: A car park where you can park for a maximum of three hours

Lloyd Park

IF you have kids of different ages then Lloyd Park is a great option, with a playground which features equipment for toddlers right through to young teenagers.

You can climb up to the crow's nest and whizz down the slide into the pit.

There's a zip wire - just be prepared to find a queue as it can be pretty popular.

There are also plenty of swings for anyone of a less adventurous nature.

There is a wide pathway across the playing fields for wheelchair users and parents with buggies and prams.

The park covers 46 hectares (if you've somehow never been there it is massive!) and has sports pitches, a bowling green, a small skate park and interesting walks.

It even has a disc golf course. If you've never heard of this you won't be alone - it involves throwing a frisbeee into a net in as few throws as possible.

A free five-kilometre parkrun takes place every Saturday morning and the park is a regular venue for fairs and events.

Where: Coombe Road, Croydon

Toilets: Yes

Café: Currently closed but due to reopen late this summer

Parking: There is a free car park

South Norwood Recreation Ground

South Norwood Recreation Ground

THIS park's playground was reopened in 2015 with a host of new equipment for toddlers and younger children.

There is an agility trail, climbing frames, spring toys, swings and much more.

The park also offers two games courts and a tennis court as well as a trim trail and sports pitches.

The pavilion is currently being refurbished but by the summer there will be toilets available when staff are on site.

Where: Entrances in Selhurst Road, Tennison Road and Cargreen Road

Toilets: Coming soon

Café: No

Parking: You will have to park in adjacent streets

Crystal Palace Park

THERE'S so much more to entertain children in Crystal Palace Park than just the children's playground.

You can take your little monsters to meet the park's Victorian dinosaurs.

Sculptor and fossil expert Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Natural History Museum founder Richard Owen installed the models when the park first opened and they have impressed visitors for more than a century.

Capel Manor College's farm can be found in the park too and is open every day except Wednesdays, and is free to explore.

You can let the children lose themselves in a maze and the family can mess around on the lake in a rowing boat or pedalo.

The park is also home to the National Sports Centre and Crystal Palace Museum.

And if all that hasn't worn them out you can let the children run up and down the steps to what was once the original Crystal Palace.

Where: Thicket Road

Toilets: Yes

Café: Yes

Parking: There are two car parks and Crystal Palace train station is opposite

Whyteleafe Recreation Ground

Whyteleafe Recreation Ground

THIS is one of the largest parks in Tandridge, alongside Queens Park in Caterham.

In the playground you'll find a horizontal swinging rope while there is a wooden climbing area with a slide and sandpit.

Towards the bottom of the park there is adult outdoor gym equipment.

The rest of the park includes open space, woodland, common and grazing land, and one of the most important south facing natural chalk grasslands on the North Downs where orchids blossom in May.